Shrigley to redshirt at SDSU this season

Matt Shrigley, a 6-foot-6 freshman from La Costa Canyon High, will redshirt this season for San Diego State.

And not, as is usually the case, because he’s not good enough to play now.

Shrigley had been one of the revelations of the preseason, confidently draining a three-pointer to open the team’s first intrasquad scrimmage and making a daily case for a spot in the rotation. The problem was less him that everyone else on a roster stocked with returning starters and high-profile transfers, particularly at wing.

In the end, Fisher left the decision to Shrigley.

“It was definitely difficult,” Shrigley said, “but in the bigger picture I had to make the best decision for me. My heart wants to be able to play in these games and earn my minutes, but my mind tells me it’s the right thing.”

Freshmen are allowed to play in exhibition games, as Shrigley did, and still redshirt. But if they play so much as a minute in the regular season, they burn a year of eligibility. SDSU’s other two freshmen, Winston Shepard and Skylar Spencer, are expected to play against No. 9 Syracuse on Sunday in the "Battle on the Midway."